02-23-2017, 11:47 AM
(02-12-2017, 08:53 PM)bry686 Wrote: It has no recreational value what so ever, therefore doctors generally will be pretty receptive to prescribing it. Another bonus is it is cheaper stuff that buy and the big one is you don't have to wait for weeks, worry about quality, seizures or getting ripped off!!
Yes, that's a good point.
Having been on tramadol, I noticed it brightened my mood. I researched tramadol rather more, it seems venlafaxine is a sister drug minus the opiate effects. Therefore, I figured that since tramadol had improved my mood, that once pain was no longer an issue, venlafaxine would be worth a try. I'll raise it with my doctor once I start coming off tramadol. Mixing the two would generally be dangerous (serotonin syndrome), but switching out one for the other might make withdrawal from tramadol better (at least in the sense I'd mainly be coping with opiate withdrawal, rather than all the other neuroreceptors it hits). My experience with tramadol suggests that venlafaxine might be an effective AD for me - I've not had good experiences with any SSRIs or TCAs, so it might offer an alternative.
Thanks Bry686!